Sunday's best TV: Doctor Who; Vanity Fair; The Cry

Doctor Who

6.45pm, BBC One

The Jodie Whittaker-Chris Chibnall era begins in Sheffield, where the weird occurrences include a woman falling from the sky. Perhaps deflecting some of the scrutiny heading towards Whittaker is Chibnall’s decision to deploy three companions: say hi also to Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill. Jack Seale

Flight of the Conchords Special: Live in London

9pm, Sky Atlantic

The New Zealand musical-comedy duo reunite for a comeback gig to confirm that – even after their solo efforts (Bret McKenzie’s Oscar-winning work with the Muppets; Jemaine Clement’s eclectic acting career) – their deadpan sonic chemistry endures. As well as revisiting classics such as the Pet Shop Boys spoof Inner City Pressure and the gallic bossanova of Foux du Fafa, there are new songs about strained father-son relations, super-saucy office romances and a strident piano-playing seagull. Graeme Virtue

Still Open All Hours

8.30pm, BBC One

As the gentle comedy returns for a fifth series, its charm remains undimmed, the Doncaster exteriors do it proud and the comic cadences of Roy Clarke’s scripts still echo the 70s original. Tonight’s opener has a supernatural theme as the till appears possessed. And can Granville shift some bargain spectacles? Mike Bradley

The Cry

9pm, BBC One

Thankfully, there are fewer distractions in the way of flashbacks and jumpcuts this week as we get to the heart of this gripping tale. Following the abduction of baby Noah, Joanna finds herself in a spotlight that even her partner, PR man Alistair, finds difficult to control until the plodding local cops uncover vital new evidence. MB

Last Chance Lawyer New York City

9pm, BBC Two

New York lawyer Howard Greenberg may look like an angry marmoset but he makes for great television. A showman who likes a catchphrase, he also understands when the shrewd legal brain has to be applied as he bids to stop the justice system from screwing over his clients. MB

Vanity Fair

9pm, ITV

And so one last meeting with Becky Sharp, in which we find her, unusually, at a low ebb. Will she bounce back? This picaresque reworking of Thackeray’s novel ended up being blown away by BBC1’s Bodyguard, which was a shame because its big budget is rarely wasted and the cast, especially lead Olivia Cooke, excel. Jonathan Wright

Film choice

Michael Caine and Julie Walters in Educating Rita. Photograph: Allstar/COLUMBIA

Educating Rita, 11.05pm, Paramount Channel

Julie Walters reprises her stage success in Willy Russell’s joyous adaptation (directed by Lewis Gilbert) of his play about a young Liverpudlian hairdresser seeking enlightenment at the Open University. Michael Caine is a picture of shaggy disillusionment as her boozy Eng Lit tutor. Paul Howlett